Colorado State News Highlights and Local Events
July 16 Republican State Convention in Colorado Springs and July 22 Democratic State Assembly in Denver outline major party activity. Firemen’s convention at Georgetown, state fair in Pueblo, and transit fare rise in Denver are noted alongside local incidents including a fatal shooting in Denver and a drowning near Arapahoe Lake. Draft registration totals and military appointments are reported, with mining and timber sales and a land sale expanding in Larimer and Park counties.
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Colorado Springs
Democratic State Assembly
Denver
Colorado State Firemen
Georgetown
Ueblo
First Aid
Raton
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Democratic State Central Committee
Larimer County
Blair Burwell
la Plata County
Colorado News Notes and Local Highlights
A Denver woman named Miss Pearle Tomlinson is identified after a body is found in the Platte River by Leroy Ferguson. Dr. Livingston Farrand warns Colorado crowds about tuberculosis efforts. Labor wage talks stall at a military hospital camp project. Colorado crop prospects forecast record yields for 1918 with higher wheat and other grains. San Luis Valley wage rates for farm labor are posted. Democrats launch campaign plans at a Denver banquet. A treasure trove event is planned by the Colorado Patriotic League and Board of Associated Charities. Mining activity includes Victory Gold shipments and Ten Mile district molybdenite prospects. Heavy snows delay prospecting until July. John Holmquist ships $11,000 in silver-lead ore from Wedge mine. Elks auction raises $10,000 for Red Cross. Rocky Ford named venue for next G A R meeting.
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Platte River
Denver
Leroy Ferguson
Delgany Street
Pearle Tomlinson
Exchange National Bank
Hastings
Neb
Boulder
Livingston Farrand
University of Colorado
University
France
Rockefeller Foundation
Farrand
United States
Union
Colorado
Bureau of Crop Estimates
San Luis Valley
Farm and Livestock Bureau
Saguache County
Raymond Miller
Democratic State Central Committee
Colorado Democratic Editorial Association
Isle of Safety
Colorado Patriotic League
Board of
Associated Charities of Denver
Victory Gold Mining Company
Howard
Mary McKinney Mining Company
Goldhill
Beacon
Prince Albert Group
Beacon Hill
Cripple Creek
Ten Mile
John Holmquist
Wedge
Bachelor District
Elks
Red Cross
Rocky Ford
Industrial Defense Women at Home Front Army
A wartime piece notes four men sustain one frontline fighter and reveals that about one in four is a woman. It estimates six million men back home with around 1.5 million women forming a substantial home-front force.
Her Usual Way and a Witty Exchange on War and Trade
The excerpt presents a witty exchange contrasting fair dealing with German policy, noting Germany never proposes a fair exchange. It also promotes Cuticura remedies with directions for soaking, bathing, and applying ointment, and offers free samples from Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. An aside mentions a man landing a date via a routine encounter.
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Germany
Freckle Remedy Ad Promises Clear Complexion
An advertisement touts Othine double strength as a guaranteed freckle remover. Consumers are told to apply a small amount night and morning for a clear complexion with money back guarantee if it fails.
Circulating Medium Quips About Blue-Blood Boarders
The piece jokes that a hostess only takes blue-blooded boarders and keeps them in line by “bleeding them.” It notes women busy ruling out unsuitable suitors, leaving no time for marriage.
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Colorado State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Company F
Colorado National Guard
Morrissey
Congress
Ray Chamberlain
Vera M. Ross
Howard Longfellow
Arapahoe Lake
State Land Board
Park County
United States Forestry Service
Asa T. Curl
Wyoming-Colorado
Ivan J. Burton
Fort Morgan
Summit County
Breckenridge Placers
Kokomo-Robinson
Montezuma
Fort Collins
Richard Washington
State Guards
Halligan Dam
Colorado News Notes
Benell Pill
Snel Desa. Smelt
Carter
Dept. X
Boston
What Is
Castoria
Chas. Fletcher
Wp. Bock
Ratente Remedy Co
Wabash Ave
Chisago
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